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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon (Heiðr) 6VIII (Heiðr 87)/5 — Dönum ‘the Danes’

Ár kváðu Humla         fyrir her ráða,
Gizur Gautum,         Gotum Angantý,
Valdar Dönum,         en Völum Kíar;
Alrekr inn frækni         enskri þjóðu.

Ár kváðu Humla ráða fyrir her, Gizur Gautum, Angantý Gotum, Valdar Dönum en Kíar Völum; Alrekr inn frækni enskri þjóðu.

Long ago they said Humli ruled over the people, Gizurr the Gautar, Angantýr the Goths, Valdarr the Danes, and Kíarr the Valir; Alrekr inn frœkni (‘the Brave’) [ruled] the English people.

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